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2 dead, 1 injured in SM Dasmariñas hostage incident

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A hostage taking in SM Dasmariñas caused 3 casualties, including the hostage-taker himself.

Today, a hostage taking happened in SM Dasmariñas, Cavite, which caused the deaths of one victim and the assailant himself.

According to the report of Cavite City Governor Jonvic Remulla, the hostage-taker is identified as Carlos Marcos Lacdao, a 32-year-old man who took 12 people inside of the mall's comfort room at around 11 AM. The suspect was armed with a 12-inch knife that he was able to sneak inside the mall.

The governor stated that Lacdao was in fury, looking for his wife and her alleged lover. His wife works as the janitress of the mall's comfort room but was not present during the crime and did not belong to the hostages of Lacdao.

Reports said that Lacdao triggered to do the hideous crime due to his wife's infidelity.

As per police authorities, 9 hostages were able to escape safely from the crisis but Lacdao stabbed 2 of them, causing one to die due to sever injuries.
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The hostage-taking ended when the police officers shot Lacdao to death. The suspect was still holding a hostage named Mylene Balajadia when shot. Balajadia was completely safe but most likely traumatized due to her frightening experience.

Initial reports said that Lacdao was an employee of the mall but SM Senior Vice-President for Investor Relations Cora Guidote denied the information and said that it was a domestic problem that was brought to the mall.

She also reported that no other customers nor personnel were hurt in the crisis.